System of subirrigation.



J. P. HARDIN. SYSTEM OF SUBIRRIGATION.

I APPLICATION FILED 00T- 11,1909. 965,895. Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

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J. P. HARDIN. SYSTEM OF SUBIRRIGATION.

. I A'PPLIOATION FILED OUT. 11,1909. 965,95,

' Patented Aug. 2,1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2f J OSEPH P. EAEDIN, 01F PA'WNEE QIEE'EZ, HEBRAEKA.

SYSTEM (215 SUBI'ZEEKHATEQN.

names.

Application filed tie-tuber 3.1, 19%. .erlal 3&0,

To all whom it may concern:

tie it lcnown that I, Josern P. Harem, a citizen of the United States. residing at Pawnee City. in the county oi Pawnee and State of Nehraska, have invented a new, original, and Improved System of Subirrigotten, of which the following is e specifieation.

My invention relates to a new and useful system oi tnnlerground irrigation, by means oi u'hirh. a very m-mioniieal antl simple plan is ],l()\'ltlt(l; more particularly, x'ny .lnrention has reference to a system )y means of u'hirh an uninterrupted low ot 'u'ater through a (Ulllllltltlllfi line of tiling is carried to the soil hrut-ath the surfatie, the vatenheing supplied from an levated tank. from \rhirh the water lion's. h gravity, into the tiling lllzttttl in tlnygrolunl at such depth zintl (llHlztHtt 'tpart 21 (\litt'ltlltft and the Charm-tor of the soil titlllttlHl.

My wtt-ni rontenl ilates the use oi a tiling hllilltlt'tlill' porous to permit the water to (Httllit into the soil as it lows through in its course. the tiling heing' so t'tiillltltiltitl as to permit of its heiing joineti closely antl snugly together at, the tlltlfi, so as to make a solid and continuous line oi pipe. By the use of my system. the surface of the soil renntins illllgltit ililtl there is no Waste of land.

By my system, a continuous line of tiling is placed in the ground. beginning at an elevated tank and ending at a well, or other natural source from whence the Water is lltltl primarily. The Water is; to he pun'ipetl from the well, or other natural source, into tank, and from thence it flows,

a receiving by gravity, into the tiling, the hottioin of the tank.

My systei'n further et'u'iteniplatee, and has reference to, the filtering of the water, both before it enters the tiling from the tank and before that whirh does not, pereolate through the tiling as itv flows therein, rt turnsv to the well, its original source, thus removing all sediment, and prevent'iii-ig the clogging of the tiling.

attached near By my system, there can be no loss of water, for it IS ooi'ttined 1n the tiling from the time it leaves the tank until it reaches the primary source, and. all that which does not soak out or pereolate through the tiling eventually returns to the source of supply and is a ain used. This feature results in saving 231 the Water for the purpose inten led-the irrigation of thesoil.

ohjeets to fturninh a cheap.

To sum up the entire matter, the of my invention are, simple, effective, and eeoneniieel method of eulwiri'igation, one easily operatetl, anti. hy the use of which there is great saving; of water and. labor, and one which Wiltonable the to oer to irrigate hisero n; at any time, ancl will. it. tain these ehjeete in,

the manner illustrate in the accompanying drawings Figure 1-1s 21 plan view of my invention.

showing this entire system. Fig.5. Z-is a similar View of my system, in a niotlifiml form. Fig 3 is a View in el ration of the system shown in Fig. 2, looking in the threetion vof the arrow (.1.

in hoth oi these'Fige, l and J, the tiling ti and (3 respectively is placed heneath the surface of the ground, at whatever depth and dietanre apart may he desired, and ildlt'l in one trontinnous line, hack anti forth aeross the hand from the receiving: tool: to the Well,

the original nourro of the writer.

2 represents the well from which 'ater in forced into a reservoir or tank.

2 represents the tonic.

t represento the return unit of the tile through which the surplus Water returne to its sourre. I

5 ropresent the pipe through whieh the water is forced from the Well hy some meehanieal power, into the remixing tenh'.

t? represents the line oi tiling in Fig. 1.

t3 reprreente the line of tiling in Fig. o,

.ir-represente a force pinup placed in the well 2 by means oi which, the water is pumped through the pipe 5, by some nie- -haniral power, into the reservoir or receiv- 'ing tanlt on' the opposite t'litl j of the filter from which it) enters: the tiling.

C-repre outs a filter into which the sun pine water rein the return tile 4: flows. ly means of this filter any sedii'uent gathereft by the Water in its course through the tiling, will he removed, anti the Water rendered ready for use again in the original manner.

in the operation of my system, Water is drawn by the pump A from the well and. forced through the pipe 5 into the elevated reservoir 3, containing the filter B. From this tank 3 the water, cleansed of sediment by its passage through the filter l8, flows gravity through the tiling 6 (Fig, 1) or 6 the i (Fig. 2), irrigating the soil as it slowly am 'not aware of any. system beingused, in I of supply.

flows and reaches the crops, having are flows along. That ortion of the water I of any system that provides for'the double which does not perco ate throughthetiling filtering'of the Water, as herein outlined.

isdelivered by the terminal pipe 1 to the 1 Having fullytdescribed my inventiomits filter C, whence it passes intothe well 2, construction, and method of operation 25 from which it was originally pumped. what I claim as new and original, and deslr'e After the system is installed as herein out-- i to secure by Letters Patent, is:

lined, the simple process of starting the i In an irrigation systeima sour'c'e of Water force pump to work puts the entire plant supply, a reservoir located at ahigligr level i into operation. The water is forced into the tank, then asses through the filter and out ing water fromsaidsource of supply to said into the ti o; thence it flows through the[ reservoir, a filter in said reservoir, "3, subp tiling, and reachesthe crops, by percolation I terranean line of tiling leading from said through the tiling, all surplus Water returnreservoir and adapted to convey water-by ing to the primary source. gravity for irrigation. purposes, and a sec '35 I am aware that other systemsof' under- 0nd filter 'fonming'a connection between the ground irrigation have been providedrbut I I lower terminal of the tiling-and the source JOSEPH or. HARDIN; f

connection with which a continuous line of WILLIAM G. ToMPsoN,

- tihng'is provided, through Whichthe water Witnesses:

turn end at the Well, orprimary source; nor VARREN V. TOMPsON.

than said'source' of supply, means for Etore- 30 

